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09/03/2008 | Georgia Hams Help Find Shelter for Gustav Evacuees
Amateur Radio operators in Georgia are actively participating in the coordination and operations of the Georgia shelters housing people displaced by Hurricane Gustav. According to ARRL Georgia Section Public Information Coordinator Norm Schklar, WA4ZXV, m
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09/03/2008 | ARRL Ham Aid Go Kits Support Amateur Radio Operations During Hurricane Gustav -- and Beyond
As Amateur Radio operators prepared for Hurricane Gustav, the ARRL deployed complete radio stations comprised of industry-donated Amateur Radio equipment, thanks to the generosity contributions of ARRL members to the Ham Aid Fund. Created in 2005 to assis
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09/02/2008 | ARRL Provides "Vital Role" in Emergency Communications, Thanks to CNCS Grants
Three years later, the two grants from the Corporation for National & Community Service (CNCS) are still at work. In the days following Hurricanes Katrina, Wilma and Rita in the fall of 2005, ARRL received generous support -- almost $200,000 -- from C
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09/02/2008 | Hurricane Nets Start to Stand Down from Gustav, Get Ready for Hanna
The Voice over Internet Protocol Hurricane Net (VOIPWX) has deactivated for what was Hurricane Gustav -- now Tropical Storm Gustav -- as it hammers the Gulf Coast with heavy rainfall, flooding, storm surge and even tornadoes. The VOIPWX Net had numerous E
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09/01/2008 | Hurricane Watch Net Activates
The National Hurricane Center's Hurricane Watch Net posted this information on August 31:
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08/31/2008 | National Hurricane Center Update: "Preparations to Protect Life and Property should be Rushed to Completion"
As residents of New Orleans and other coastal communities in Mississippi and Louisiana were evacuating inland, a National Hurricane Center Public Advisory released at 10 AM CDT (1500 UTC) Sunday, August 31 reported that "Gustav continues northwestwar
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08/30/2008 | Now a Category 4 Hurricane, Gustav Expected to Strengthen Further as it Takes Aim on the US Gulf Coast
At 5 PM EDT (2100Z), The National Hurricane Center issued a Hurricane Watch for the northern Gulf Coast from east of High Island, Texas eastward to the Alabama-Florida border, including the city of New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain. A Hurricane Watch mea
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08/27/2008 | Tropical Storm Gustav Soaking Haiti; Expected to Strengthen
With maximum sustained winds of 90 mph/150 km per hour, Hurricane Gustav made landfall on the southwest peninsula of Haiti on the afternoon of August 26. Over the next few days, its path is projected to take it along Cuba's southern coast and then northwe
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